Speed Management: Main Conclusions of the OECD-ECMT Study

The speed at which vehicles travel is increasingly perceived as the origin of various health (notably road safety) problems, as well as environmental and social problems. At the same time, speed is very often presented in the industrialized countries as positive, essential to success in commerce and also to personal satisfaction, particularly for drivers. In fact, the influence of speed appears in several domains: road safety, atmospheric pollution and traffic noise, non-renewable energy consumption, transportation system efficiency, and more generally economy. Speed may also have an influence on urbanism and urban sprawl. A Working Group on Speed Management has been launched under the aegis of the Joint Transport Research Centre (JTRC). This Centre is a common centre of the ECMT (European Conference of Ministers of Transport) and the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). The Working Group (which comprises representatives from 17 countries) began its work in April 2004 and the report has been published end of 2006 (English version) and February 2007 (French version). The paper will summarize the main aspects of the report. It also shows how the new technologies - ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) - could open new avenues in this field, notably for improving road safety.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Nouvier, Jacques
  • Alicandri, Elizabeth
• Conference:
  • Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARRC World Road Congress
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2007-9-17 to 2007-9-21
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: The Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARC World Road Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Intelligent transportation systems; Technological innovations; Traffic safety; Traffic speed; Transportation planning; Urban development; Urban sprawl
• Identifier Terms: European Commission of Ministers of Transport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Speed management
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01080981
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:54AM